OCBC Profits Up 2x at S$1.5bn
OCBC reported net profits at a high of S$1.5bn ($1.1bn), up 115% over 1Q2020 numbers. Profits were helped by a 66% YoY increase in Banking operations and a 59% YoY increase in Wealth Management to S$1.13bn ($850mn) and S$1.21bn ($910mn). Net interest income stayed...
Barclays’ Profits Boosted by Significantly Lower Impairment
Barclays reported a record quarterly group profit before tax in 1Q2021 of £2.4bn ($2.8bn) vs. £900mn ($1.2bn) in the same period last year. Profits were benefitted by a significant decrease in credit impairment charges of just £55mn ($76mn) vs. £2.1bn ($2.9bn)n in the...
BNP, BBVA and Sabadell Report Better Q1 Results
BNP Paribas reported first-quarter net income of €1.8bn ($2.18bn), up 38% YoY. Its investment banking division reported strong revenue growth, up 25% YoY while its FICC revenues dropped 16%. “It’s a quarter where basically all lights are green”, CFO Lars Machenil...
StanChart’s Profits Up 2x to $1bn
Standard Chartered reported its 1Q2021 results with net profits more than doubling to $1.1bn vs. $517mn a year ago. Like its peers, profits were helped by a sharp reduction in credit impairments of $20mn vs. $936mn YoY. Wealth Management reported a record $641mn...
